Update at 12:32 p.m.: A new paragraph — second-to-last — was added to reflect sporadic uses of chemical weapons after World War I. The use of chemicals weapons last week in Syria, if proved, would put ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. German troops make their way through a cloud of smoke or gas during a gas training drill, circa 1916. Henry Guttmann/Hulton ...

November 30 marks the International Day of Remembrance for all Victims of Chemical Warfare. Established by the United Nations in 2015, the day honors those who have suffered from chemical weapons and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Guest Opinion. Weapons of mass destruction have traditionally been characterized by the acronym “CBRN” (chemical, biological, ...

In April 1915, the German army tried a new tactic to break through allied trenches on the front lines of World War I: the first large-scale use of poison gas. It was a devastating attack on the ...

Summary and Key Points: On Monday, Russian Lt. Gen. Igor Kirillov claimed the Russian military found a Ukrainian chemical weapons lab near Avdeyevka, accusing Kyiv of producing toxic agents. -This ...

I have always been struck by the way a single scientific insight can redraw the boundaries of power, turning abstract equations and lab glassware into tools of coercion and control. When chemistry ...

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Hassan Hassani Sa’di has been dying from chemical weapons for almost 30 years. The Iranian still remembers the moment he realized Iraqi warplanes were dropping more than regular bombs. “I knew,” he ...

US sanctions on Sudan's government -- imposed over what Washington says was the use by Khartoum's military of chemical weapons in the country's bloody civil war last year -- have taken effect. The ...